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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

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With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. David sold his recording equipment for $50,000 and they borrowed the rest of their seed money from a bank. What I’m saying is, I’m wholly unqualified to offer startup advice.

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Splunk Founder Now Launches Entrepreneurs, Not Startups

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In Paris today at the World Founder Forum he announced the top 10 student team winners who split $1 million in seed money prizes. When you create a simple solution to a complex problem and put it in front of a customer, they often don’t believe you. I started Founder.org in 2012. MB : It was a little accidental.

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Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Google's Money

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15 Original Band Names Before They Were Famous. Enter you email address and zip code to set up customized email alerts. Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Googles Money. 6, 2012, 1:09 AM. |. Name (Required). Learn More » Customized instant email alerts. Your Money.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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On November 28, 2012. Firms like Accel and Greylock and Menlo Ventures announced discovery or seed funds, while other firms like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz pioneered stealthy scout programs to give entrepreneurs their money, whether they knew it or not. A name like 500 Startups says it all. November 29, 2012.